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    Household poverty: addressing the core of microfinance

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2003
    The Philippine microfinance market has been developing rapidly in the last few years, which in turn, is expected to be able to make a significant contribution to poverty alleviation in the country.
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    The more the poorer: why large family size causes poverty

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2006
    The poverty incidence is invariably noted to be higher among those with larger family sizes. The best way to uncover the reasons behind this enduring relationship between family size and poverty is to examine the mechanisms behind such relationship, three of which this policy note highlights: (a) the impact of the number of children on the labour force participation and incomes o
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    Issues on counting the poor

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008
    A credible poverty measurement system is essential in order to develop the proper policy instruments for reducing poverty. Hence, the measurement and analysis of poverty statistics should be done with due care. 
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    Building an employment service system for efficient utilization of national human resources

    Korea Development Institute, 2013
    Employment service is a core infra-service of the national economy by supporting lifetime job activity, business management, and effective utilization of national human resources through comprehensive job-related services.
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    National standards infrastructure underpinning the economic growth of Korea

    Korea Development Institute, 2013
    This study introduces the key role of a national standards system (NSS) with emphasis on national measurement standards (NMS) in Korea, which have provided a scientific and technological (S&T) foundation for industrial development and increased exports to support the nation’s economic growth.
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    Energy policies - Knowledge sharing program

    Korea Development Institute, 2013
    Korea rose from being one of the poorest countries in the 1960s to one of the top ten economies in the 21st century. Such an unprecedented economic achievement would not have been possible without a key role of energy.
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    Population: does it matter? Revisiting an old issue

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2003
    For many years, the Philippines has neglected the issue of population growth, consequently finding itself now virtually alone among middle-income developing countries as not having made any significant demographic transition.
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    Dynamics of rural development: Integrative report

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1994
    The Dynamics of Rural Development Project attempts to examine the agricultural sector, which recently has been subjected to comprehensive agrarian reform and rural nonfarm enterprises (RNEs). This paper is an integration of the major findings of various studies under the second set of activities, which consist of collection and analysis of primary and secondary data.
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    Korean version of new town development

    Korea Development Institute, 2012
    For the last six decades, Korea has experienced very rapid urban growth. In the urbanization process, cities experienced severe urban sprawl in order to accommodate immigrants from rural areas, and this urban spatial expansion changed the urban lifestyle. This ‘rapid urban growth’ still exists in some urban areas now.
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    Impact of foreign aid on Korea's development

    Korea Development Institute, 2012
    This paper is an economic study of the impact of aid on  Korea, and the critical role it played in laying the foundations for sustainable development. There is little doubt that foreign assistance was invaluable in aiding Korea’s survival in the tumultuous years following its liberation in 1945 until the years immediately after the Korean War broke out in 1950.

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